Hi
So how would I actually implement it - what is the signature?
"dimnames<-.myclass" <- function(data,newnames){
colnames(data) = newnames
return(data)
}
?
On 14 May 2014 11:53, Martin Maechler <maech...@stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote:
> DO *NOT* post to both R-help and R-devel !!
> That is considered *very* impolite.
>
> As this is a question for R-help only, i.e., not fit for
> R-devel anyway :
>
> >>>>> Witold E Wolski <wewol...@gmail.com>
> >>>>> on Wed, 14 May 2014 10:57:09 +0200 writes:
>
> > Have a class for which I would like to provide a "colnames<-.myclass"
> > function so that
>
> > colnames(myintsance) <- c("a","b","c")
> > can be called.
>
> This is not easily possible, as `colnames<-` is *not* a generic
> function. OTOH, this is not necessary either, as
> colnames, rownames are basically just short cuts for dimnames anyway:
>
> As `dimnames<-` *is* a generic function,
> so you write methods for `dimnames<-`.
>
> Martin
>
> > --
> > Witold Eryk Wolski
>
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> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Hmm,...
>
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